[QuadList] [ampex vtr question]

[Norman Hurst]

A markup of 3X over cost was pretty typical, I think. Considering the low volumes, you're essentially selling engineering.

$50K @1956 = $438,672.79 @2015
The price on video recorders has certainly come down. And now they record HD.  And make phone calls!

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=50000&year1=1956&year2=2015
 


     On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 3:34 AM, Scott Thomas via QuadList <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com> wrote:
   

 
According to the Emmy TV Legends Interview with Ray Dolby that I just watched a couple of days ago...http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/ray-dolby#
$50,000.00 in 1956 moneyHe said the cost to manufacture, minus the development costs was around $17,000.00
Pretty good investment on Ampex's part. 
On Sep 16, 2015, at 03:12 AM, Tim Stoffel via QuadList <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com> wrote:



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